Paulings: The dogs bite onto the bulls nose and do not
let go. This pins the bull to the ground. Any way that
they can pin the bull with their teeth.6

Prosecution: What is the impact on the dogs?

Paulings: The dogs often lose a leg as result of the attack of
the animal being baited. Sometimes, they lose two or three legs.7

Prosecution: Do you feel that these animals normally would
attack each other outside of the arena of baiting?

Paulings: No.

Prosecution: Why do you believe this?

Paulings: This brings to mind an article I read in the
Sporting News. It described the case where a dog and bull slept
in the same stable They remain calm and loving in the
stable Yet, in the bull-baiting arena, they constantly
baited and tore at each others flesh.8
It must have been quite an unusually cruel task by the trainer.

[Defense Cross-examines Paulings]

Defense: Lord Paulings, you seem to have a good recollection
of the article on the sport, if you are so much against
bull-baiting and bear-baiting how come you have seen it yourself?

Paulings: I dont understand your tone.

Defense: So, then you do personally enjoy the baiting of
animals?

Paulings: Thats preposterous. [The Lord is clearly
offended]

[Defense calls British Noble Abraham Ebbelstone to the stand.]

Defense: Do people care about the dogs being baited?

Ebbelstone: Yes, in fact, it is commonly known that when a dog
is trapped under the bull and can neither move nor catch his
breath, the men standing around pull the dog off to promote fair
play by allowing the dog to breathe.9

Defense: Does bull-baiting elongate the life of a bull?

Ebbelstone: Yes, it can, because by having a use in society,
the bull is not slaughtered and eaten as quickly as some might
want to if he did not give them financial game.

Defense: Is bull and bear-baiting beneficial to British
society?

Ebbelstone: Yes, it is.

Defense: How is it good for society?

Ebbelstone: It brings the populace of a community together.

Defense: Could you provide the court with examples?

Ebbelstone: In many towns bear baiting is an important ritual
to celebrate the mayors election. Beverly and Liverpool are
two important places that utilize this custom.10

Defense: So, then it is an important tradition for the people?

Ebbelstone: Yes. It provides much joy for the people.

[The Prosecution Cross-examines Ebbelstone.]

Prosecution: You claim that bull-baiting elongates the bulls
life, but does it not give the bull a life of pain?

Ebbelstone: For some, pain is better than death.

Prosecution: Over the history of England, have any traditions
become deemed wrong for society?